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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... Nikkei average slipped 0.49 per cent in slow trade as Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and other shipping firms fell on higher oil prices, while drug stocks extended losses on concern about their profit outlook. The Nikkei lost 76.36 points to 15,557.45, extending ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... highest level in more than five years. The Nasdaq gained more than one per cent or 30.14 points higher at 2,249.07 as oil prices and benchmark interest rates hit multi-month lows, improving the outlook for corporate profits.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... added 4.5 points to 4,952.9. NEW YORK - US stocks surged overnight with the Nasdaq rising more than one per cent, as oil prices and benchmark interest rates hit multi-month lows, improving the outlook for corporate profits. A smaller-than-expected drop ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... Reserve will increase interest rates to curb any inflation risk when it meets on Wednesday (Australian time) this week. Oil prices were trading just above US$63 a barrel this morning. Crude oil has fallen by more than $16 since its mid-July record high ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... up retail shares such as Home Depot Inc and industrial stocks such as Boeing Co and Caterpillar Inc on hopes lower oil prices would dissuade the Federal Reserve from resuming its campaign of interest-rate increases. The Dow Jones industrial average rose ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street after the seventh straight day of lower oil prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 39 points to 5005 at 0722 AEST. Today, Harvey ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
The Australian share market remained weaker to noon today as the overnight drop in metal and oil prices continued to hamper the commodities sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 56 points lower at 4,970 while the all ordinaries fell 58.7 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... Australian share market finished weaker yesterday with the big miners leading the market lower after a drop in metals and oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 72.3 points to 5026.0 points while the all ordinaries dropped below the 5000 point ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... volume of 9,399 contracts. US stocks closed higher on Friday, rebounding from two days of losses, as a week-long fall in oil prices and reassuring comments on inflation from a Fed official offset more signs of weakness in the housing market. The Dow ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... 5063.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Friday, rebounding from two days of losses, as a week-long fall in oil prices and reassuring comments on inflation from a Fed official offset more signs of weakness in the housing market. The Dow Jones ...